Craig AlbersAssociate Professor of Educational Psychology

February 1, 2015University of Wisconsin-Madison

P-12, Higher Ed

Adaptive learning

English language learners

Remediation and intervention

Special education

Craig Albers is an associate professor of educational psychology
in the School Psychology Program at the University of Wisconsin –
Madison, which is accredited by the American Psychological
Association. He is also the chairperson of the interdisciplinary
Prevention and Intervention Sciences program at UW. Albers
recently completed a U.S. Department of Education training grant
concerning systemic school reform and response-to-intervention
techniques to improve the academic outcomes for all students as
well as a $1.3 million Enhanced Assessment grant from the U.S.
Department of Education to develop Alternate ACCESS for ELLs, for
which he is the sole author. The Alternate ACCESS for ELLs –
administered in 34 states – is an English language proficiency
measure designed for use with English language learners who have
significant disabilities. Albers is currently the principal
investigator on a $1.6 million Institute of Education Sciences
grant that is examining the use of response-to-intervention
procedures with ELL students. Albers received his doctorate from
Arizona State University in 2002.